Early music – Past Concerts
Bach's Lunch: Recorder Rarities
Tuesday, March 3, 2020 @ 12:10pm – 12:50pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Go beyond the usual with this unique program of rediscovered gems, including works by Chernowitz, Bigaglia, and music from the Parma Recorder Manuscript.
Free (Free)
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Beethoven 250 Years
Sunday, March 1, 2020 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Skagit Early Keyboard Museum, La Conner, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata for fortepiano, Op. 109
Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata for fortepiano, Op. 110
Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata for fortepiano, Op. 111
Ludwig van Beethoven – Variations for fortepiano with flute, Opp. 105 & 107
Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata for fortepiano, Op. 110
Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata for fortepiano, Op. 111
Ludwig van Beethoven – Variations for fortepiano with flute, Opp. 105 & 107
$15-$25 suggested donation; 18 & under FREE
Gallery Concerts: Wind Power
Sunday, March 1, 2020 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Some of the finest period wind players join fortepianist Jonathan Oddie for rarely-heard chamber music for winds by Franz Ignaz Danzi, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jacques Christian Michel Widerkehr, Johann Pfeiffer, and Duvernay.
$35 / $30 / $15 / FREE ages 7-15
Gallery Concerts: Wind Power
Saturday, February 29, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Some of the finest period wind players join fortepianist Jonathan Oddie for rarely-heard chamber music for winds by Franz Ignaz Danzi, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jacques Christian Michel Widerkehr, Johann Pfeiffer, and Duvernay.
$35 / $30 / $15 / FREE ages 7-15
Compline Choir: The Office of Compline
Sunday, February 23, 2020 @ 9:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Every Sunday evening at 9:30 p.m. in the Cathedral's nave, the all-male Compline Choir leads this formal choral service that is a Seattle tradition.
Free
Pacific MusicWorks Underground: Agave Baroque – Son of a Bach
Tuesday, February 18, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Capitol Cider, Seattle, WA, United States
San Francisco’s free-spirited Baroque band returns to the Pacific Northwest for a Bach family reunion.
$25 ($15 ages 21-30)
Compline Choir: The Office of Compline
Sunday, February 16, 2020 @ 9:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Every Sunday evening at 9:30 p.m. in the Cathedral's nave, the all-male Compline Choir leads this formal choral service that is a Seattle tradition.
Free
Pacific MusicWorks Underground: Agave Baroque – Son of a Bach
Sunday, February 16, 2020 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
San Francisco’s free-spirited Baroque band returns to the Pacific Northwest for a Bach family reunion.
$25
Queen Anne Concerts: Boeckman & Bach, sponsored by Musique du Jour Presents!
Sunday, February 16, 2020 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Discover the unique sounds of a 1740 Lautenwerck (gut-strung harpsichord) as recorder virtuoso Vicki Boeckman and historical keyboardist Tamara Friedman explore solo and chamber music of J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, and Georg Philipp Telemann in an intimate, acoustically superb setting.
$30 / $25 / $15 / free
Pacific MusicWorks Underground: Agave Baroque – Son of a Bach
Saturday, February 15, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
San Francisco’s free-spirited Baroque band returns to the Pacific Northwest for a Bach family reunion.
$25 / $20 / free
Seattle Classic Guitar Society presents Michael Kudirka
Saturday, February 15, 2020 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Francesco Canova da Milano – Fantasias, Ricercars, and Improvisations
John Dowland – Three Lute Pieces
Johann Sebastian Bach – Chaconne, from Partita II in D minor, BWV 1004
Dusan Bogdanovic – Levantine Suite
Fernando Sor – Introduction and Variations on a Theme of Mozart, Op. 9
Johann Sebastian Bach – Chaconne, from Partita II in D minor, BWV 1004
Dusan Bogdanovic – Levantine Suite
Fernando Sor – Introduction and Variations on a Theme of Mozart, Op. 9
Free (Free)
Compline Choir: The Office of Compline
Sunday, February 9, 2020 @ 9:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Every Sunday evening at 9:30 p.m. in the Cathedral's nave, the all-male Compline Choir leads this formal choral service that is a Seattle tradition.
Free
Byron Schenkman & Friends: Baroque Bacchanalia
Sunday, February 9, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Jean-Féry Rebel – Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major
André Campra – Cantata Silène
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre – Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor
Jean-Philippe Rameau – Les Cyclopes for harpsichord
Marin Marais – Plainte and Chaconne in D major from Book 3 for viol and continuo
Nicolas Bernier – Cantata Bacchus
André Campra – Cantata Silène
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre – Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor
Jean-Philippe Rameau – Les Cyclopes for harpsichord
Marin Marais – Plainte and Chaconne in D major from Book 3 for viol and continuo
Nicolas Bernier – Cantata Bacchus
$48 / $41 / $10
Early Music Seattle: Ensemble Caprice – Vivaldi’s 'Motezuma'
Sunday, February 9, 2020 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Forces for this semi-staged production of Antonio Vivaldi's Motezuma include a vocal cast of seven from North America and Europe alongside a full baroque orchestra of winds, brass, and strings.
$20-$45
First Fridays @ Epiphany Wine Tasting Concert: A Duel in Dresden
Friday, February 7, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Epiphany Parish Chapel, Seattle, WA, United States
Hear the music behind Dresden's greatest court rivalry while sampling special Valentine's Day dessert wine and chocolate, included in the ticket price.
$35 (includes wine and chocolate tasting)
Sanctuary in the City: A Duel in Dresden
Wednesday, February 5, 2020 @ 12:10pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Christ Our Hope at the Josephinum, Seattle, WA, United States
Baroque violinist Tekla Cunningham, baroque cellist Caroline Nicolas, and harpsichordist Henry Lebedinsky bring to life the virtuosity and rivalry of two 18th century court violinists.
Free (Free)
Meany Center presents Orlando Consort: The Passion of Joan of Arc
Tuesday, February 4, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Britain’s celebrated early music vocal ensemble transports us to Joan’s world, accompanying Carl Theodor Dreyer’s silent film La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc live with a deeply moving soundtrack of sacred and secular music from her lifetime.
$47-$55 (FREE ages 5-17)
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Mozart Flute Quartets
Tuesday, February 4, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Fir-Conway Lutheran Church, Mount Vernon, WA, United States
The complete flute quartets by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, by far the most well-known flute quartets of any era.
$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under FREE)
Bach's Lunch: The Irish Influence
Tuesday, February 4, 2020 @ 12:10pm – 12:50pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Explore the intersections of folk and art music in Ireland and America from the 18th century to the present, from Baroque sonatas by Irish composers to original compositions.
Free (Free)
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Mozart Flute Quartets
Monday, February 3, 2020 @ 6:15pm – 7:45pm (PST)
Grace Church, Lopez Island, WA, United States
The complete flute quartets by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, by far the most well-known flute quartets of any era.
$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under FREE)